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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 3h

We need to permanently displace fossil fuel production quickly. Do you then support nuclear energy along with renewables? tinyurl.com/v4charts

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 4h

Permanently displace fossil fuel production quickly. Do you then support nuclear energy along with renewables? tinyurl.com/v4charts @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @pembina.org @climateinstitute.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Humourous when someone who is supposed to be a scientist spreads tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theory nonsense @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Wind produces poorly in extreme cold, as we saw late January 2026 throughout much of Canada and USA toddderyck.substack.com/p/manitoba-n...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do you feel billions will remain in energy poverty? If not, where do you think their energy will come from?

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It depends on how you define "energy experts". This expert may say things you don't like to hear, but doesn't mean he's incorrect. @theenergymix.com

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is an acknowledgement of mistakes forthcoming? Can you spot the irony? My latest substack post "Naomi Klein, her new book entitled “End Times Fascism” and taking reliable, affordable energy for granted" toddderyck.substack.com/p/naomi-klei... @sethdklein.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminds me of this article www.euronews.com/2026/09/21/h...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Italy and others also not paying attention to this 6 year old article🤣 politico.eu/article/italy-nuclear-power-comeback-2035-landmark-senate-vote-new-reactors/ & brusselsreport.eu/2026/09/11/the-nuclear-alliance-how-14-eu-states-are-rewriting-energy-policy/

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That was an extremely short period of time. Otherwise explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?... .. Also, have a look at Aus. electricity prices, I feel for them!! A "robin hood in reverse" program going on, unfortunately tinyurl.com/AusElecPrices

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@theenergymix.com Any idea why France, Italy, Türkiye, etc not listening to you WRT SMR's? www.dailysabah.com/business/eco... & www.politico.eu/article/ital... & www.neimagazine.com/news/edf-bet... & www.brusselsreport.eu/2026/09/11/t...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Cheap, clean, reliable renewable energy" can you point out here anywhere that is happening, please. app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/... . energybadboys.substack.com/p/were-winni...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@theecologyprof.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... Germany spent 100's of billions on renewables, now has very high residential retail electricity rates. How does MB avoid what happened in Germany? www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... @theturner.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

S. Australian citizen Geoff Russell not pleased with copying Germany's energy policies! Read his posts geoffrussell.substack.com & blog.geoffrussell.au/all-news & 2014 book "Greenjacked!" www.amazon.ca/GreenJacked-... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

energygeopoliticsandstatecraft.substack.com/p/back-to-co... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @volts.wtf @billmckibben.bsky.social When the geopolitical stuff hits the fan & mother nature doesn't cooperate with weather-dependent electricity generators @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

more often than not, wind & solar don't produce, a reason why they'll contribute insignificantly to global fossil fuel production displacement. We need full system cost methodologies. Do you support this particular work of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe? unece.org/climate-chan...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don't disagree, so we better change and ensure nuclear is done properly, otherwise, fossil fuels will likely continue with their massive global domination. I don't believe we have much time and there is still the major issue of energy poverty robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/PNG/...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You mean like New England the last week of January? These worst case scenarios need to be planned for. Nuclear ran about 95% capacity factor and did so for all of January and February. app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IEA has their struggles, no doubt

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why do you think capacity factor isn't relevant, eg 5% for solar in winter in NE. Electricity is 25% of global energy, not mixing up, mentioning both. 3. needsofthemany98.substack.com/p/the-fallac... 4. how about this year? newsletter.doomberg.com/p/land-of-th... 5. fossil fuels appreciate this

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Being anti nuclear is in lockstep with fossil fuel industry, I'm sure they appreciate the indirect support, they want to continue global domination, the less viable competition, the better atomicinsights.com/smoking-gun/

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We can make nuclear cheap again, if we wanted. They were cheap in USA and France and are so in S. Korea and China. Fossil fuel industry is the biggest benefactor of this jackdevanney.substack.com/p/we-can-mak... . Also, RE may not be as cheap as advocates claim www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

12,000 of them should cover the needs of all 8+ billion of us?

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I do think water issues with nuclear plants are not ideal, but also not as bad as some have us believe

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

your forgot to include generation with those capacity numbers, efficiency matters. In 2025 globally (record hi nuke prod. year) nuke 2812TWh/420GW capacity, solar 2811TWh/~2650GW capacity, wind 2714TWh/~1207GW capacity tinyurl.com/UrsulaMerz

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So because it can be done on the microgrid scale, it can be done on the global scale as well, is that what we should assume?

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Incorrect assumption. I point out wind, solar and BESS limitations & if others don't acknowledge, then we see nonsense like 100% renewables and BESS is possible, which it clearly is not, fossil fuel industry is OK with renewables, not so much nuclear atomicinsights.com/smoking-gun/

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Well, that is part of the reason why nuclear is expensive, precautionary principle on steroids. jackdevanney.substack.com/p/we-can-mak... & quillette.com/2026/05/17/p... Make regulations sufficiently safe and based on science

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm not convinced renewables and storage are cheaper, especially if they hit a certain % of generation. www.cis.org.au/publication/... & energybadboys.substack.com/p/were-winni...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

voltage and frequency control are parts of ancillary services that are required 24/7/365, which, as you can see on the graph of the tiny SA grid, BESS is incapable of doing, speaking of Aus, see how dirty most of their electricity is app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/AU-...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Except you need spinning mass 24/7/365, & since BESS spend more time charging than discharging, they obviously cannot do this. Notice BESS in SA recently. Here's an article I'm confident you won't like, but "numbers (in complete context) don' lie" geoffrussell.substack.com/p/batteries-...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Looks like BESS contributes too little to have its own category in TX, likely included in "other" or "under 2%" categories

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In 2025 in TX, BESS provided 0.07% of electricity consumed, so I am puzzled as to how BESS could provide "a" majority of ancillary services app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-... @douglewin.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Actually, not that far back, 2025 will do tinyurl.com/v4charts

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yep, better get going, we need to permanently displace fossil fuel production, going at a very slow pace currently tinyurl.com/v4charts @stevetrunk.bsky.social @skepticalscience.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For sure, if money is no object and everyone is ok with "robin hood in reverse" programs www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/cost...

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well if you focus only on LNG, I believe China still imports much fossil gas from Russia

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Curious how much time you think we have left to permanently displace all global fossil fuel production? What is your preferred solution? robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2024/PNG/... & tinyurl.com/v4charts

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